Compositing sign



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. Appliea'tien filed October 19,

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Roi-mar E. .GOLOMY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cumberland, in the county of .Allegany and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Uonrposit ing Sign, of which the following is aspecilication. i

The present invention relates to compositing sign for the purpose of displaying or phrases thereby presenting a 7 complete paragraph or thought or several separate units ofcomposition as maybe desired.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a sign of this nature which will be of extremely simple, durable and inexpensive construction, one whichis efficient and reliable in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With these and numerous other objects n view, the in-ventlon resides in certain novel, featuresiofconstruction, and the com bination and arrangement of'parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 isa "rear elevation of the sign. Figure 2 1s arplan view of the sign board. Figure 31s atransverse section taken on.

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Figure 4% is a transverse sectiontaken 011 the line .1-4: of Figure 3 lookingin ;tl1edirection of the arrow, i I.

Figure 5 is an enlargedydetailed sectional view of the displaying leg of the raceway,

Figure 6 is a similar vlew of the bottom leg of the raceway, l

Figure 7 is a transverse section taken on theline 7-7 of Figure 6, V

Figure 8 is a detailed plan view of the spool and its spring used in connection with the device, and e Figures 9 and 10 are detailed views showing slightly modified forms of the index panels and their rollerswith corresponding constructions of the raceway.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the frame 1 is provided with a plurality of upright standards 2 and a raceway 3 is arranged thereon. This raceway consists of the horizontally disposed displaying leg 4 and the bottom leg 5 which are connected at one end by the vertically disposed leg 6 and at their other ends by the zigzag arrangement which consists of Bonnier. n. conolvrsz, or cnivrnnnnann, ivran'rnenn.

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a plurality of transversely disposed inclined legs )7 connected by the curved portions 8. An inclined portion .9 commune cates the display leg '41 with the vertical leg 6 so that each index panel and its cooperating parts to be hereinafter explained may 1ndiv idual'ly or separately enter the display lo 4:. l

Any suitable casing may be provided for the mechansm thus far described which consists of at least a sign board 10 having a display opening 1.1 therein. This display opening 11 is infregietry with the display leg 4 so that the index panelsituated thereiirniay'be seen' therethrough.

By referring especially tol igures 3, 4 and 7 the preferred or common construction Olli llllB index panels andtheir cooperating mechanism will be seen. The panels 12 are preferably disposed in a vertical plane although this may be varied. as is shown in ures 9 and 10. A weight element 13 is disposed at the lower edge of the panel 12 for thepurpose of retaining the same in an upright position. The panels 12 are provided with suitableindices such 'as letters or numorals and of coursewill be arranged so as to form wordsor phrases which may be read throughthe displaying openinglfl as is indicated in F igure 2. Some of the panels will be blank so as to represent spaces as in ord-inary type. i V 'il. ball. bearing sleeve 1 1 is centrally located on the rear; face ofueach index panel 12 for the purpose of receiving ball bearings so that the panels will be rotatably mounted on the axles 15 of the rollers 16 which are mounted in the raceway. This roller 16 may be of varying constru :tion such as, for example, as shown in Figures 9 and 10 and of course the raceway will be correspondingly conformed thereto.

A. guide framelS is situated beneath and fixed to the bottom leg 5 and has slidably mounted therein a block 19 provided with a suitable operating handle. A spring pressed finger is mounted in thebloclr so as to engage the rollers as is clearly seen in Figure 6. hen the block 19 is moved to the right as illustrated in the drawing, the panels to i. the right thereof will. be moved into the ver tical leg 6 and retained therein by the spring pressed finger 20. A cable 21 is attached at one end to the block 19 and passes over pulleys 22 and is wound about a drum Therefore, as the block 1.9 is moved to the right this cable 21 will be pulled so as to unwind from the drum 23 and in doing so, Will cause the spring 24 to wind up with is attached thereto so that when the block 19 is released this spring 24 will return the same to its original or extreme left position as seen in Figure l. The spring pressed finger of the block 19 is beveled on its left side so that in moving to the left it will be depressed in these blocks and not force the roller to its left to be moved thereby. A block 26 is at tached to the cable 21 adjacent the drum 23 and is provided with a leaf spring linger 27 which is slanted upwardly to the left as disclosed in the drawing, whereby it will only engage the rollers so as to move them when moving from right to left as seen in the draiwii 3 Thus, as the block 19 is moved to the right, the extreme right-hand end of the guide 18 the index panels will be moved from the bottom leg 5 into the vertical leg 6 and those panels mounted in the vertical leg 6 will be moved to the horizontally disposed display leg 5 and as they move down the slight incline 9 they will separate from each other for asuflicient time to allow the panels to right themselves. When the block 19 is situated to the extreme right-hand end of the guide 18 the block 26 is situated to the extreme right-hand end of the leg 4: and will move therefrom as it returns all those panels which made up the old phrase which is being moved from out of registry with the display opening 11.

Any suitable type setting mechanism may be used that is capable of conveniently arranging the index panels and in order to facilitate the entrance of the panels into the raceway 3,. I have provided the hinged curved portion 30 which is situated so as to connect the display leg 4 with the uppermost slanting leg 7. Thus when this portion 30 is hinged downwardly the panels and their rollers may he entered into the uppermost slanting le 7.

lVhile the preferred embodiment of my invention has been described in detail, it will he understood that I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction set forth, since various changes in the form, material, proportions, and arrangements of parts and in the details of construction may he resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, or destroying any of the advantages contained in the same, hiretofore described and hereinafter claimed.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new is:

l. ii Sign of the class deserihed comprising in. C(H'libllliIt-iOll av continuous raceway ineluding a hinged portion so that entrance may be had thereto, and a plurality of panels movably mounted in the raceway.

2. A sign of the character described comprising in combination, a continuous race way and a plurality of index panels movable therein, each consisting of a panel portion and a roller, a weight fixed to the panel portion so as to retain the same in an upright position.

3. A sign of the class described including in combination a continuous racewa composed of a display horizontally disposed log. a zigzag portion situated therebelow and eonn vled thereto atone end, a vertical leg coune ing the lower end of the zigzag portion with the display leg and an incline portion disposed between the vertical leg and the display leg, and a plurality of index panels movable in the raceway.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT E. COLOMY.

.Vi tnesses:

J. H. G. MILLER, T. D. DAILEY.

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